Pakistan faces massive losses of Rs 3.4 trillion annually due to illicit trade, accounting for 26% of its annual tax target. Smuggling erodes revenues, while Afghan traders benefit. Pakistan ranks 101 on the Global Illicit Trade Index, with its informal economy valued at $123 billion.

Pakistan loses Rs 3.4 trillion to illicit trade annually

World: Outrage erupted online following President Trump's response to an Afghan reporter's accent during a press conference with Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu. 

Trump’s ‘patronising’ reply to Afghan reporter’s accent raises netizens’ eyebrows

In an emotional moment, Taliban leader Omari expresses deep regret over the continued ban on girls’ education in Afghanistan, sparking international concern and debate over the future of Afghan women’s rights.

Taliban leader Omari breaks down over Afghan girls’ education ban

Afghan Taliban pledge to enforce media ban on images of all living things 

Rights of Afghan women is an internal issue: Taliban ahead of UN-led talks

Pakistan continues its crackdown on Afghan refugees, reports suggest. Islamabad is yet again planning to deport about 67,000 more Afghan migrants after Eid.

Pakistan to send 67,000 Afghan migrants after Eid-Al-Fitr; Pak rules out talks with TTP

Ahead of the February 8 general elections in Pakistan, the government of Balochistan has implemented a ban on public meetings and election gatherings in the province.

Unrest grows in Pakistan's Balochistan & Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Tens of thousands of Afghans have fled Pakistan following the expiry of a government deadline as per reports.

Pakistan government's crackdown on afghan refugees

The Taliban is sending women to jail to protect them from gender-based violence. The Taliban has limited the access of women to almost everything in the country and according to a UN report, a woman with no male relative is considered unsafe.

Taliban is sending Afghan women to prison for protection: UN report

Taliban jailing 'unprotected' women to keep them safe, says UN report

Pakistan Supreme Court begins hearing petition challenging deportation of Afghan refugees

Afghan diplomat in India asserts allegiance to Republic amid Taliban claims

Pakistan decision to charge Afghan refugees $830 dollars for exit permit draws criticism

Pakistan more than 6,500 Afghan Nationals left Pakistan on Sunday after the government's ultimatum to all unregistered foreign Nationals to leave the country. So far 174,358 Afghans left Pakistan since September 17th when the Pakistani government issued its decree.

Thousands protest at Afghan-Pak border

Tens of thousands of Afghan refugees who fled the Taliban in 2021 scrambled to leave Pakistan on Tuesday, hours before the end of a deadline after which Islamabad plans to arrest or deport undocumented immigrants, a move that has drawn international criticism and fears of a humanitarian crisis.

Afghans return to Taliban rule as Pakistan moves to expel 1.7 million

Following Pakistan's crackdown on unauthorised immigrants, UN agencies have noted a substantial rise in the number of Afghans returning home. Before it was too late, the agencies implored Pakistan to halt the programme in order to prevent a "human rights catastrophe."

Sharp rise in Afghans leaving Pakistan due to migrant crackdown UN agencies

About 200 Afghan refugees to relocate from Pakistan to UK on charter flights on Oct 26

On October 7, 2023, a powerful earthquake struck western Afghanistan, with a magnitude of 6.3. The epicentre was located 25 miles (40 kilometres) west of Herat city in the western Herat province. The earthquake was the third largest in Afghanistan and was followed by multiple aftershocks.

Earthquake in Afghanistan: Powerful earthquake triggers landslide in Afghanistan

In a move that could further deteriorate ongoing tensions between Kabul and Islamabad, Pakistan's caretaker government has launched a fresh crackdown on Afghan refugees.

Pakistan alters trade agreement with Afghanistan

Pakistan's government has ordered all unauthorised Afghan asylum seekers - an estimated 1.7 million people - to leave the country by November.

Pakistan orders illegal immigrants, including 1.73 Mln Afghans, to leave

The Afghanistan Embassy in this area made the announcement on Saturday night that it will be closing its doors as of October 1. The reason given was a "lack of support from the host government," along with a reduction in staff and resources and a failure to live up to expectations in terms of serving Afghanistan's interests.

Afghan ambassador and senior diplomats leave India to seek asylum

Representatives of Afghanistan and Pakistan engaged in a better face-off during the United Nations Security Council meeting in New York.

Pakistan, Afghanistan face off at UNSC meet

Suicidal ideation rampant among Afghan women, top UN official tells UNSC

Afghan Taliban criticise closure of main border crossing with Pakistan

The tensions have surged on The Afghan-Pakistan border after the two engaged in a deadly exchange of fire at the Torkham border.

Pak-Afghan border clashes: Torkham border shutdown

'Nothing allowed for them': Afghan women demand education rights in UN appeal

Pakistan's military chief warned the Afghan Taliban on Friday of an "effective response" by his forces if they fail to stop harbouring militants who plot cross-border attacks from Afghanistan.

Pakistan officials blame Afghan, Taliban of harbouring TTP militants

The Taliban are banning women’s beauty salons in Afghanistan as the regime continues to snatch away basic rights of Afghan women. Molly Gambhir tells you more

Gravitas: Taliban ban women’s beauty salons in Afghanistan

US President Joe Biden said that Washington is getting help from Afghanistan's Taliban government to 'end' Al-Qaeda threat. Biden's seemingly off-the-cuff remark contradicts a UN report released last month that said the Taliban maintains "strong and symbiotic" ties with Al-Qaeda, and that Osama bin Laden's terror group "is rebuilding operational capability" on Afghan soil.

Afghan Taliban say US President Biden 'acknowledged reality' about al-Qaeda

Lawyers representing the bereaved families tell a public inquiry that 80 Afghans may have been killed by British forces operating in Afghanistan between 2010 and 2013. Molly Gambhir tells you more.

Gravitas: 80 Afghans killed by British forces?

In 2021, millions of Afghans fled the country, fearing retribution from the Taliban following the U.S. withdrawal. Abdul Wasi Safi, a former Afghan soldier was one of them, but he is still struggling to find a place in the United States. Why is the U.S. not helping the person who helped them during the war in Afghanistan? How many Afghan refugees are still looking for asylum? Watch this report

US Continues to deny Afghan soldier asylum who helped them | Inside South Asia

Blast near Afghan deputy governor's funeral kills at least 15, injures 50

A large-scale locust outbreak has hit Afghanistan, threatening the country's food security. The outbreak has happened across eight provinces in north and northeast Afghanistan. The food and agriculture organisation of the united nations has issued a warning against the locust outbreak.

Afghan locust outbreak threatens food security

In the Afghan province of Herat's northwest, the Taliban have made it illegal for families and women to enter restaurants with gardens or other outdoor areas. The organization, which took control in August 2021, is still restricting the rights of women while in power.

Taliban ban women from restaurants and green spaces in Afghanistan

There are up to 9,000 Afghan refugees staying in hotels in the United Kingdom after fleeing from Kabul following the Taliban takeover in 2021 and under the British government’s new plans, humanitarian groups have warned that they are at risk of becoming homeless.

UK: Thousands of Afghan refugees may become homeless under govt’s new plans

Taliban arrest Afghanistan's prominent women's education activist

An Afghan toddler who was bundled onto an evacuation flight from Kabul in 2021 after her parents died in a bomb blast has been reunited with relatives at an orphanage in Qatar.

Orphaned Afghan Toddler's emotional meet with family in Qatar

'False' footballers evacuated with Afghan women players to UK: Report

Afghan universities reopened on Monday after a winter break, but only men returned to class with a ban by the Taliban authorities on women in higher education still in force.

Afghan colleges reopen, only men allowed!

The Taliban administration in Afghanistan continues to mistreat women, and now hundreds of them risk prosecution for adultery after the government deemed their divorces invalid, which also renders their second marriage illegitimate. The announcement, which comes after the regime deprived Afghan women of their work and educational opportunities, is yet another blow to their rights.

After education and employment, Taliban target private life

An uptick in terror attacks in Pakistan, especially near the Afghan border, is causing alarm and fears of increased regional instability. Watch the video to know more.

Emergence of a new terror group in Pakistan

'Urgently reverse' ban on Afghan women aid workers: G7 tells Taliban

Watch | Taliban use water cannon on Afghan women opposing prohibition on university education

'Forgotten' Afghan stories highlighted in two new films from Netflix, Nat Geo

There has been a rise in border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan ever since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. Now, the Taliban hands over the killer of a Pak officer.

Afghan-Pak border to reopen as Taliban hands over killer of Pak officer

The Spin Boldak-Chaman port, a major border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan has closed for trade and Transit. This happened after a clash between security force personnel from both sides.

Reports: 8 Pak soldiers, 3 Taliban soldiers killed in clashes

Taliban, Pak forces clash: Key Afghan-Pak border closed after clash

Many Afghan schoolgirls are resorting to working in the country's saffron fields in the western province of Herat since the Taliban shut their schools for more than a year now.

South Asia Diary: Afghan school girls turn to saffron fields

Russian President Putin has now warned about the development of terrorist groups along the Afghan border and also their infiltration into the Commonwealth independent states.

Russian President Vladimir Putin warns of terror cells at Afghan border

Afghan teenagers are being forced to work in dangerous coal mines amid falling household income in the country. Reports say there are at least 1 million child labourers in Afghanistan.

South Asia Diary: Afghan teens working in coal mines

afghan

https://www.wionews.com/tags/afghan.html, News on https://www.wionews.com/tags/afghan.html, stories on https://www.wionews.com/tags/afghan.html, articles on https://www.wionews.com/tags/afghan.html, https://www.wionews.com/tags/afghan.html stories at Wion, https://www.wionews.com/tags/afghan.html news, https://www.wionews.com/tags/afghan.html latest news